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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectM. N. States
Dates
January 13, 1893 – August 15, 1974
Authorized Form of Name
States, M. N. (Marshall Ney)
Additional Forms of Names
States, Marshall Ney
Biography
Abstract
Ph.D. from University of Chicago. Associate professor and professor of physics, University of Kentucky. Director of research and vice president, Central Scientific Company. Founding member of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT).
Important Dates
January 13, 1893Birth, Punxsutawney (Pa.).
1912 – 1916Obtained B.S., University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (Pa.).
1916 – 1919Instructor in Physics, University of Kentucky, Lexington (Ky.).
1919 – 1920Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Mercer University.
1920 – 1922Assistant in Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago (Ill.).
1922Obtained Ph.D. in Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago (Ill.).
1922 – 1931Associate Professor (1922-29) and Professor of Physics (1929-31), University of Kentucky, Lexington (Ky.).
December 29, 1930Organizing meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT). States was elected a member of the first Executive Committee.
1931 – 1950Director of Research (1931-44) and Vice President (1944-50), Central Scientific Company, Chicago (Ill.).
1951 – 1957Chief Scientist, Chicago branch, Office of Naval Research.
August 15, 1974Death.
Occupation
Physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Employment
Graduate Education
Subjects
Physics -- Study and teaching.
Citations
From the manuscript biography for Marshall Ney States, Niels Bohr Library & Archives.
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Compton, K. T. (Karl Taylor), 1887-1954
Collaborated in founding of American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT).
Ph. D. Advisor by Dempster at University of Chicago.
Dodge, Homer L. (Homer Levi), 1887-1983
Collaborated in founding the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT).
Klopsteg, Paul E. (Paul Ernest), 1889-
Collaborated in founding of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT). Worked together at Central Scientific Company.
Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953
Ph.D. advisor at University of Chicago.
Collaborated in founding the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT).
Redman, S. L.
Collaborated in founding of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT).
Warner, Glen H.
Collaborated in founding of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT).
Webb, William S. (William Snyder), 1882-1964
Collaborated in founding of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT). Worked together at University of Kentucky.
Additional
Studied at University of Chicago together.
Blackwood, Oswald H. (Oswald Hance), 1888-1953
Cheney, Walter Lynn, 1889-
Minor, Ralph S.
Richtmyer, F. K. (Floyd Karker), 1881-1939
Smith, Orrin Harold, 1884-1973
Taylor, Lloyd William, 1893-1948
Webster, David Locke, 1888-1976
White, Marsh W. (Marsh William), 1896-1999
Wooten, Benjamin
Zemansky, Mark Waldo, 1900-
Institutions
Major Positions
Central Scientific Company
Director of Research and Development and Vice President.
Mercer University
Assistant professor of mathematics.
United States. Office of Naval Research
Chief scientist, Chicago branch.
University of Kentucky. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Instructor; Associate Professor; and Professor of physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
American Association of Physics Teachers
Founding member.
University of Chicago. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD in Physics.
University of Pittsburgh. Department of Physics
Obtained BS.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Oral history interview with Marshall Ney States, 1963 January 27.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Reminiscences of M.N. States : oral history, 1963.
Oral History Research Office
Columbia University
Box 20, Room 801 Butler Library, New York, NY 10027, USA
Subject
AAPT records of early history, 1929-1966.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with David Locke Webster, 1963 January 26.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Frederic Palmer, Jr., 1963 January 26.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA